Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.77%
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Australia stocks closed higher with the S&P/ASX 200 up 0.77%. The best performers were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd, Healius Ltd, and Austal Ltd, while the worst performers were Silver Lake Resources Ltd, Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd, and St Barbara Ltd. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.54%. Gold futures and crude oil prices fell, while the AUD/USD and AUD/JPY currency pairs experienced slight changes. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03%.

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